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In-work poverty rising

Dec 11, 2018By UNITElive

Rising employment and wages figures out today (December 11) belied the overall health of the economy as new GDP figures painted a starker picture of things to come.   Both employment and…Read more…

Dec 11, 2018UNITElive

‘Quality, not just quantity’

May 9, 2017By UNITElive

Full employment was once thought to be a pipe dream. But now with more people aged 16 to 64 in work than since records began in 1971, the UK has made near full employment a reality.   Still,…Read more…

May 9, 2017UNITElive

Win for new Unite unit

Mar 3, 2017By UNITElive

A South Yorkshire firm has been accused of ‘backsliding’ in appealing against an award of £426,600 to 56 Unite members, after bosses by-passed their recognised union and put a pay offer directly to…Read more…

Mar 3, 2017UNITElive

As an Uber driver I’m sick and tired of losing out

Oct 31, 2016By Stronger Unions

Drivers won a pivotal victory in a case taken by my union, GMB against Uber that proved that they really are employees and not “partners” as the company always says. Our win is about keeping hold of…Read more…

Oct 31, 2016Stronger Unions

Ban zero hours contracts call

Sep 8, 2016By UNITElive

While many had predicted that zero-hours contracts (ZHCs) would diminish as the economy picked up again following the financial crisis, successive annual figures show that these work arrangements…Read more…

Sep 8, 2016UNITElive

TUC found that between 2007 and 2015 in the UK, real wages fell by 10.4%, the joint lowest in OECD countries

Jul 30, 2016By John's Labour blog

I think this is one of the real reasons for Brexit.  No wonder so many people feel angry and betrayed in the face of such a massive cut in wages. 
Employment may be relatively high but evidently most of these jobs are insecure and have rotten…Read more…

Jul 30, 2016John's Labour blog

Bottom of the pile

Jul 28, 2016By UNITElive

British wages fell by 10.4 percent between 2007 and 2015 new TUC analysis has found, lower than anywhere else in Europe except Greece.   UK workers suffered the biggest drop in real wages…Read more…

Jul 28, 2016UNITElive

‘Not all budding entrepreneurs’

Jul 22, 2016By UNITElive

Nearly 90 percent of jobs created in the past three months have been in self-employed roles, prompting warnings over the spread of low-paid insecure work throughout Britain.   In the most recent…Read more…

Jul 22, 2016UNITElive

‘Decline and stagnation’

Feb 18, 2016By UNITElive

The government hailed employment figures published yesterday (February 17) that showed the jobless rate hit an all-time low of 5.1 per cent.   “At a time when we are seeing the number of…Read more…

Feb 18, 2016UNITElive

Bogus jobs recovery

Nov 11, 2015By UNITElive

Unite cautioned that the jobs ‘recovery’ was being fuelled by self-employment and low paid, insecure, part-time jobs as it responded to today’s (November 11) labour market figures.   Warning the…Read more…

Nov 11, 2015UNITElive

Jobs blow for printers

Oct 1, 2015By UNITElive

Telephone book printers RR Donnelley is set to close at the end of the year with a “devastating” loss of about 200 jobs.   Unite is due to have talks with the management at the Flaxby plant in…Read more…

Oct 1, 2015UNITElive

‘Step forward’ for fair employment

Jul 8, 2015By UNITElive

Unite today (July 8) welcomed new arrangements with North Ayrshire Council (NAC) to improve the rights of casual workers across the local authority’s operations, calling the agreement a step forward…Read more…

Jul 8, 2015UNITElive

They’ve got to be McJoking

Apr 15, 2015By UNITElive

US-based McDonalds workers have been offered a 10 per cent pay rise and big increase in paid holidays. But the pay rise only applies to one in 20 workers, at 89 cents its around 50p an hour and the…Read more…

Apr 15, 2015UNITElive

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